Bacteria can easily infest meat if it is left out too long at room temperature. The meat will spoil. Spoiled meat will usually be a grayish-pink color, and will feel slimy. It will also smell rancid or unpleasant. Do not eat spoiled meat, as it is dangerous to your health.
Yes it will, bacteria will thrive on cooked meat at room temperature, within just a few hours it will start to go 'off' and within 24 hours it could be inedible.
It is only bad to eat meat that isn't fully cooked. It doesn't matter what time of year it is.
No, dogs eat meat, they are carnivores.
You might get sick if it isn't cooked properly. Aside from that, there isn't a lot.
Depending on the temperature the meat was cooked to, up to 3 days. Any longer than that and you are asking for trouble.
About 24 hours after parts of the meat have thawed, it should be cooked and eaten. If any part of the meat has reached room temperature for even a couple of hours, it may be bad. Sometimes a chest-type freezer will maintain safe temperatures for many hours or even a couple of days if left closed. The small freezers in refrigerators usually have only a few hours safety.
Besides the obvious of worms coming out, the best way to know if meat is contaminated, is by making sure how long and high the meat was cooked. If it is cooked below 140 degrees it's bad over 140 is ok. Ps: question for my viewers, what came first, the chicken or the egg?
The general rule of thumb is 2 hours for meat.
No. Supposedly modern refrigerators can handle hot food without allowing other food to go bad. Personally, I'd allow it to cool so that the meat is not steaming hot, which should take no longer than 30 minutes. Then refrigerate it.
The cooked rice should not be eaten if left out overnight. Due to certain bacteria that might have grown in it, it might not be able to be cooked safe.
Unless where it was left out of the fridge was as cold as the refrigerator, I would not recommend using that meat.
it depends on the variety and quality of the meat, and the temperature of the meat. if the refrigerator is on basic temp, about 4-7 days
not really just when you defrosting make sure you dont mix it with cooked and uncooked meat and dont defrost above room temperature